Date: | 25 May – 8 June 2014 |
Edition: | 113 |
Category: | 84th Grand Slam (ITF) |
Draw: | 128S/64D/32X |
Prize Money: | €25,018,900 |
Location: | Paris (XVIe), France |
Venue: | Stade Roland Garros |
Surface: | Clay |
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The 2014 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 118th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June.[1] It consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in the men's singles and defeated Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final to win his 9th French Open title and his 14th Grand Slam title. The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years.
Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeating Simona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5th Grand Slam title.
This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open (Li Na and Stanislas Wawrinka) lost in the first round of the French Open. Also, for the first time at any Grand Slam event in the Open era, the top three women's seeds (Williams, Li, and Agnieszka Radwańska) all failed to reach the fourth round.[2]
The 2014 French Open was the 113th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[3]
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[4] There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is taking place over a series of twenty clay courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | |||||||||||
1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | ||
10 |
Event | W | F | SF/3rd | QF/4th | |
Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 | |
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Doubles | 800 | 500 | 100 | ||
Quad singles | 800 | 500 | 100 | ||
Quad doubles | 800 | 100 |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 |
Boys' singles | 375 | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
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Girls' singles | ||||||||
Boys' doubles | 270 | 180 | 120 | 75 | 45 | |||
Girls' doubles |
The total prize money for the tournament was €25,018,900, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,650,000, an increase of 10% compared to 2013.
width=130 bgcolor=#dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | F | width=85 bgcolor=#FFFF00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=#ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | Round of 64 | width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee | Round of 128 | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
Singles | €1,650,000 | €825,000 | €412,500 | €220,000 | €125,000 | €72,000 | €42,000 | €24,000 | €11,000 | €5,500 | €2,750 | ||||||||||||
Doubles * | €400,000 | €200,000 | €100,000 | €55,000 | €31,000 | €17,000 | €8,500 | ||||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles * | €110,000 | €55,500 | €27,750 | €14,000 | €7,500 | €3,750 | |||||||||||||||||
Wheelchair singles | €22,000 | €11,000 | €6,000 | €3,500 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wheelchair doubles * | €7,000 | €3,500 | €2,100 |
See main article: 2014 French Open – Day-by-day summaries.
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings and Rankings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 19 May 2014, while points before are as of the standings on 26 May 2014.
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.
The following players have been given a wildcard to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.[6]
See main article: 2014 French Open – Men's singles qualifying.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Women's singles qualifying.
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Men's singles.
• It was Nadal's 14th career Grand Slam title and his 9th title at the French Open (a record). He is on his sixty-fourth career title overall.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Women's singles.
• It was Sharapova's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd title at the French Open.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Men's doubles.
• It was Benneteau's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Vasselin's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Women's doubles.
• It was Hsieh's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
• It was Peng's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Mixed doubles.
• It was Grönefeld's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
• It was Rojer's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Boys' singles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Girls' singles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Boys' doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Girls' doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Wheelchair men's singles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Wheelchair women's singles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Wheelchair men's doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Wheelchair women's doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Legends under 45 doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Legends over 45 doubles.
See main article: 2014 French Open – Women's legends doubles.